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#19,846
BigAkoya said:
Maybe you need the earrings adjusted. VCA earrings off the shelf hurt my ears. I have had to adjust every VCA earring.
I wrote a post on the four ways to adjust their earrings, and for me, I have to use two of the four adjustments.
I need to swap out for thinner posts (my ear piercing hole gets really sore with the standard thicker post), and I have to loosen the tension on the clips (the preset clip tension was squishing my ear lobes after only a couple of hours).

VCA earrings are adjustable to be comfy for everyone, so I hope maybe with a little adjustment you can add some earrings!
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Thank you. x

I did already have the earrings adjusted 2 or was it 3 times. The only issue for me, with these Lotus earrings, is that the LEFT one (for some reason, always the left one with VCA earrings) is still very uncomfortable. I can wear it maybe half an hour to an hour max. After that, I have to take them off.

I will however ask again to have the left earring adjusted.
 
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#19,847
Happyish said:
I know what you mean about the bust . . . it's that NY/Fashion mythology-everything looks better on someone flat-chested. I joke that I'm from Russian peasant stock. However, I digress. I think the VCA 20-motif Alhambra necklace looks fabulous! I've been collecting these for years. I find the vintage alhambra in the longer version elongates the torso. And of course, it can always be doubled it you want to wear it as a choker.
Personally, I think it's very becoming on you and I don't think you should reject it out of hand.
It's so fun to see your modeling shots. Please keep them coming!
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Thank you for this, I am quite upset about this actually, Everyone looks so fabulous wearing 20 and I feel it looks outta place on me! I need to keep trying...
 
#19,849
Lien said:
Girl!! You and I have really similar tastes, it's freaky!:biggrin:

I love love love love love love the Snowflake line and if I had a money tree, I'd buy the entire line!

I posted a pic of me, somewhere on tPF, "modelling" the large Snowflake pendant which is what you're wearing here, right? I absolutely ADORE it.

I also posted a pic of me wearing the Frivole BTF and the single ring somewhere (can't find it however). I wore them on different fingers but the effect is similarly magical! If you have to decide which one to get first, I'd get the rings first. Reason being, you already have the magic pave pendant, so that serves that purpose - for now. Get the rings first and then go back for the pendant later. I am still dreaming of that pendant and I am fairly sure I'll go back and get that another time.
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That’s exactly what I was thinking.... as long as I have health I will go back and purchase it all, but as you, @BigAkoya @Happyish suggested I will start with the frivole collection.... but the snowflake tho.... raaaaa!!! (It was the small version my dear / I know you are petite but I am not Hulk to make the large pendant look so small ahahahahha)
 
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#19,850
Lien said:
Agreed. I am fairly sure I'll get the Snowflake pendant at some point and if I hit the lottery (haha, I don't even buy lottery tickets), I'd so get the Snowflake bracelet. I remember first seeing the bracelet on a Mariah Carey video yeeeaaars ago and it's been haunting me ever since. {{SIGH}}
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..... imagine ladies i so stayed away from the high jewellery I forbade myself from looking at it so have no clew how it even looks... probably is also extortionately expensive right?
 
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#19,851
Happyish said:
No, with the exception of my all RG sweet alhambra "bracelet," which I lengthened and wear as an anklet. It showers, swims and sleeps with me . . . To avoid damage, anything with a stone should be removed before showering . . .
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Whaaaaat!!!! That’s some gangster stuff!!!!! You wear it as an anklet??? My oh my. I live and learn, please please show us!
 
#19,852
Lien said:
Girl!! You and I have really similar tastes, it's freaky!:biggrin:

I love love love love love love the Snowflake line and if I had a money tree, I'd buy the entire line!

I posted a pic of me, somewhere on tPF, "modelling" the large Snowflake pendant which is what you're wearing here, right? I absolutely ADORE it.

I also posted a pic of me wearing the Frivole BTF and the single ring somewhere (can't find it however). I wore them on different fingers but the effect is similarly magical! If you have to decide which one to get first, I'd get the rings first. Reason being, you already have the magic pave pendant, so that serves that purpose - for now. Get the rings first and then go back for the pendant later. I am still dreaming of that pendant and I am fairly sure I'll go back and get that another time.
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If you find it please repost the snowflake or send me the link i wanna see it bad!
 
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so_sofya1985 said:
That’s exactly what I was thinking.... as long as I have health I will go back and purchase it all, but as you, @BigAkoya @Happyish suggested I will start with the frivole collection.... but the snowflake tho.... raaaaa!!! (It was the small version my dear / I know you are petite but I am not Hulk to make the large pendant look so small ahahahahha)
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I tried the large version of the Snowflake pendant. I always thought after a while, that I'd tried on the small. But I think it was @BigAkoya who did some brilliant sleuthing and figured out that it was a large.

As you know, I am really petite (okie, short, haha). But for some reason, the large pendant didn't look gigantic on me. It looked just right!

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Happyish said:
After selling my Love and JUC, I shifted to VCA. I now have the 5-row Perlee, the Clover and the 1 row Perlee. Any of them alone, or together are wonderful. I appreciate too, the ability to remove them at the end of the day . . .
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This is interesting in particular to me: because right now I am experiencing exactly this. I will always love my panther set but the rest : off you go! The fact that I cannot easily take it off always annoyed me ..
 
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Lien said:
I tried the large version of the Snowflake pendant. I always thought after a while, that I'd tried on the small. But I think it was @BigAkoya who did some brilliant sleuthing and figured out that it was a large.

As you know, I am really petite (okie, short, haha). But for some reason, the large pendant didn't look gigantic on me. It looked just right!
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It looked just right she says hahaha.... but of course you and the bling!
The large version looks massive on the pictures ... I didn’t dare...
 
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Lien said:
I tried the large version of the Snowflake pendant. I always thought after a while, that I'd tried on the small. But I think it was @BigAkoya who did some brilliant sleuthing and figured out that it was a large.

As you know, I am really petite (okie, short, haha). But for some reason, the large pendant didn't look gigantic on me. It looked just right!

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This is absolutely mouth-wateringly gorgeous on you Lien.... and the size is just right...
 
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#19,858
Is there a thread dedicated to the stone and alternating pave pieces, bracelets and necklaces? I plan to start with the bracelet and add a necklace once I have lived with the bracelet for awhile and am certain of my choice.
I am having a hard time deciding what to get, because each option has a downside. I would prefer alternating with a stone, not all metal or alternating with guilloche. The most beautiful stones on my complexion are blues and greens, but lapis is not really available to me at retail and malachite is wonderful (my favorite of the options visually) but too delicate for my lifestyle to wear often. I love onyx, but white gold is not very flattering on me. I have the plain GMOP 5 motif, but it tends to look brown/tan in some light, even though it has green and pink flashes as I had requested, so I’m not crazy about it and gifted/lending it to my sister. I suppose I could ask for a darker GMOP that leans towards onyx in some lights. Or perhaps a GMOP with only green flashes and not pink (only cool tones, without warm tones). If there is no thread dedicated to pave bracelets and necklaces, does anyone have a strong recommendation for what they have and love?
 
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Not to interrupt the much more interesting and aspirational discussion/photos currently in progress! Please continue on ladies, I am enjoying your diamond pieces immensely. I’m just not sure where else to post my question since it is so general.
 
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